Manafort sentenced to 4 years for fraud in Mueller case

Here it is. So many were calling for a life sentence for what he had done. How he helped the Russian with helping Trump. Oh wait, that was while he
worked for Podesta. In fact, everything he was sentenced for had nothing to do with our president.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to serve 47 months in prison, a far shorter
length of time than prosecutors in the case had argued for. The decision from federal judge T.S. Ellis in Virginia comes less than a week before
Manafort’s second sentencing hearing in another case in Washington, D.C., district court. Both cases were brought on charges lodged by special
counsel Robert Mueller in his ongoing probe of Russia’s election meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

He received the smallest amount of time he could have for these crimes as well as the lowest monetary fine which was 50k. It could have been up top to
24 million. He took it like a man unlike Cohen.

Manafort, seated in a wheelchair and clad in a green prison jumpsuit during the hearing, spoke of the hardship he has faced as a prime figure in the
high-profile Mueller investigation. “The last two years have been the most difficult for my family and I,” Manafort said in his plea for
compassion from the judge.

“To say I have been humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement,” he said. Before delivering his sentence, Ellis said that Manafort
has “been a good friend to others, a generous person.”

The judge added: “He has lived an otherwise blameless life.”

Manafort had been convicted in the Virginia court last summer on eight counts of bank fraud, tax fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account
report. The charges mostly pertained to Manafort’s past work for Ukraine’s Russia-backed president at the time, Viktor Yanukovych.

The book is now closed on this one and it is time for the new AG to use what was found in testimony to go after those Manafort worked for and with for
decades. The Podesta Group and the Clintons who are directly tied to them.

What is worse is this. Not that I have a thought one way or another but read this...

“It’s very sad, what happened to Paul,” Trump said of Manafort in November. “I have not offered any pardons,” he said at that time, but
added, “I’m not taking anything off the table.” New York authorities are reportedly prepping charges against Manafort if Trump does pardon his
crimes.

The NY DA's seem to be pulling a lot of weight in Washington right now as the back prosecution.

Bob Mueller's indictments have been akin to using a sledge-hammer to squash ants, in this witch-hunt. Retired NYC prosecutor (Andy McCarthy) said a
freshman Federal Prosecutor could have done what Mueller has "accomplished" over the past 2 years, using 90% fewer resources.

That was waaaay below the sentencing guidelines. The way I see it that speaks volumes about the judges feelings on malicious prosecution. Like you
said he’s already serve nine months . I suspect within six months he will appear in front of Ellis for a sentence reduction and will get it cut
in half at least .

Look at the context/environment of the crime committed, which was basically hiding money from the IRS (just like everyone else) and got caught
because of his 2 month affiliation with the Trump Campaign. His was an 'unfortunate situation' because of CHANCE circumstance. Everyone is
vunerable.

Judge Amy Jackson has already said she believes mueller‘s investigation targeted people because of their relationship to Trump. She also ordered
rosenstein to submit the memo on Mueller’s scope of investigation’s .

Hopefully she will depart from guidelines and run the sentence concurrent .

No DECLAS until William Barr shuts down Bob Mueller. As Devin Nunes said this week, there's no reason for Bob Mueller to stop his witch-hunt
voluntarily. Mueller is keeping himself and his deep-state colleagues (current and former) from having their sordid activities exposed.

Judge Ellis was given the non-redacted Rosenstein (scope of Mueller's investigation) memo. He had already complained that Mueller was trying to "put
the screws" to Manafort....so Manafort would make up a crime for Trump to be charged with.

No DECLAS until William Barr shuts down Bob Mueller. As Devin Nunes said this week, there's no reason for Bob Mueller to stop his witch-hunt
voluntarily. Mueller is keeping himself and his deep-state colleagues (current and former) from having their sordid activities exposed.

Since you can pre-order The Mueller Report on Amazon right now (26 March is the publish date), I'm going to assume it's going to be over soon and is a
bit of a nothingburger.

Process crimes guilt by association nothing more . It will be a different matter when the investigators are investigated. I think the calluses on
their thumbs from planning the coup will destroy them .

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